Smart Energy Management in Green Cities

Abstract

With the increasing use of social resources and economy, increasing the speed of commercial and industrialized transformation, smart cities have brought forth many concerns regarding energy consumption and energy resources. These concerns are acutely obstructing the rapid development of a green city. To overcome the energy consumption efficiently, a smart city uses a number of digital tools and technologies that can efficiently lead to smart city life with a low-carbon economy and reduce the global environmental impact. It changes the energy requirement of green cities with the concepts of renewable and traditional energy systems. Therefore, the requirement of green city prepared by the way of improved infrastructure of smart city and smart tools and techniques are increasing at an alarming rate as the built-up population keeps on rising, with numerous issues to contend with. Various researchers and developers are seeking the innovative and optimal solutions to increase energy efficiency and reduce the harmful effects of consumption. Consequently, the Internet of Energy (IoE) helps smart cities control the increasing demand of energy, allowing energy infrastructure to manage the peak and low consumption demand. Additionally, IoE can automate this process and cope with many other concerns existing with the smart city infrastructure and can certainly offer a pathway to the emergence of a green city. This chapter discusses how IoE works with green cities to make the smart energy management. It builds upon the challenges in the area of IoE for green cities and presents the strategic role of technology with methods and tools.